Senior Cyber Data Platform Engineer

BNY Mellon; New York (NY); On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Wellbeing programs

Generous leave and benefits

Global resources and tools

Job summary

BNY Mellon seeks a Senior SVP-level Cyber Technology Engineer in New York City to design, build, and scale enterprise data ingestion pipelines for cyber platforms, including Splunk and Kubernetes observability integrations.

The role requires deep Kubernetes expertise, cloud experience (Azure), and strong coding skills (Python/Go/Java), with a focus on automation, CI/CD, and risk-reduction across large distributed systems.

Qualifications

• BS in CS, IS, or related field or equivalent experience.
• Experience with large-scale data platforms (Splunk preferred).
• Deep expertise in Kubernetes and containerized environments.
• Strong knowledge of cloud platforms (Azure preferred) and hybrid architectures.
• Experience designing and operating data ingestion pipelines and distributed systems.
• Hands-on experience with Universal Forwarders, HEC, syslog, or similar ingestion technologies.
• Proficiency in Python, Go, Java, or similar languages.
• Experience with configuration management and infrastructure-as-code (Ansible, Terraform).
• Strong understanding of Linux systems, networking, and system internals.
• Experience with CI/CD and modern DevOps practices.
• Solid understanding of risk culture, system controls, and risk reduction techniques.

Responsibilities

• Design, engineer, and scale enterprise data ingestion pipelines for cyber platforms, including Splunk.
• Lead onboarding and integration of data sources, especially Kubernetes and cloud-native.
• Engineer and optimize ingestion mechanisms including HEC, heavy forwarders, syslog, and edge processing layers.
• Enable Kubernetes-based logging and observability integrations across containerized environments.
• Integrate cyber data platforms with cloud services (Azure) and modern architectures.
• Improve data quality, normalization, and consistency across distributed systems.
• Mitigate outages and reliability risks across cyber technology platforms.
• Analyze complex issues and implement scalable solutions across distributed environments.
• Design and implement automation and configuration management solutions using DevOps practices.
• Contribute to incident response and post-mortem analyses.
• Support system design, platform management, and capacity planning for ingestion services.
• Drive operational excellence and continuous improvement across the platform.
• Research and document engineering solutions and architectural improvements.
• Collaborate across global teams to enable scalable, self-service onboarding.
• Mentor and guide junior engineers and uplift team capabilities.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Splunk

ELK

Kafka

Kubernetes

Azure

HEC

syslog

Ansible

Terraform

Python

Go

Java

Job description

BNY Mellon seeks a Senior SVP-level Cyber Technology Engineer in New York City to design, build, and scale enterprise data ingestion pipelines for cyber platforms, including Splunk and Kubernetes observability integrations.

The role requires deep Kubernetes expertise, cloud experience (Azure), and strong coding skills (Python/Go/Java), with a focus on automation, CI/CD, and risk-reduction across large distributed systems.